Falcons give Brian Banks a chance

Summary of 11 articles · Updated Apr 3, 2013

Brian Banks has been signed by the Falcons By now, Brian Banks is used to waiting. That’s why he just might be the perfect coach for Brian Banks. Banks said he "couldn't have asked for a better place to be" than with the Falcons. At age 27, Brian Banks wi… (more)ll get his first real chance to make an NFL roster. On his first day at his new job, Falcons linebacker Brian Banks said he’s delighted that his mom can say she has a son in the NFL. Following his exoneration of those charges, Banks' story reached Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, who was USC's head coach when Banks was being recruited. The Brian Banks story is moving closer towards a Hollywood-style ending as Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com reports the exonerated linebacker has signed with the Atlanta Falcons.

Glazer helped Banks get ready for his NFL shot

The long road for linebacker Brian Banks to the NFL has contained many twists and turns. It also included a short bald man who may or may not have been living under a bridge along the route. Once FOX’s Jay Glazer became aware of Banks’ imprisonment fo

The Shutdown 50: Mississippi State DB Johnthan Banks

With the 2012 NFL season in the books, and the scouting combine in the rear-view, it's time to take a closer look at the 50 players we think will be the biggest difference-makers at the next level from this draft class. To that end, we're happy to conti…

Brian Banks credits his mom on his first day as a Falcon

On his first day at his new job, Falcons linebacker Brian Banks said he’s delighted that his mom can say she has a son in the NFL. Banks, the onetime high school football star who lost his scholarship to USC and spent five years in prison after he was f

PFT Live: Jay Glazer, Matt Maiocco

No matter your NFL allegiance, or whether you even like football or not, the story of Brian Banks getting an opportunity with the Atlanta Falcons is a heartening one. On Wednesday’s PFT Live, we talk with Jay Glazer of Fox, who helped Banks train once h